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The Office of the Vice President for Research seeks nominations for the Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award. This award recognizes extraordinary performance and achievement of postdoctoral scholars at the University of Minnesota. All full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty with direct postdoctoral mentoring experience are eligible to submit nominations. Up to two awards will be made. Each [...]

As part of the restructuring of graduate education, on July 1, 2009, Postdoctoral Affairs moved from the Graduate School to the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR). Postdocs are served by the OVPR through: Facilitating the acquisition of career development tools to increase competitiveness in the job market. Ensuring fair employment conditions. Enhancing [...]

The Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation has announced the 2011 cycle of its postdoctoral fellowship program. The  program’s long-term goal is to accelerate medical research discoveries that will lead to improved therapies for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The awards support postdoctoral fellows working in nonprofit academic or research institutions in the United States. Proposals [...]